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Nb. 608,947. Ptented Aug. 9, $93..

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SHOWER BATH APPARATUS,

(Application filed Nov. 13, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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llnrrnn STATES ZP T amon WILLIAM R. BAKER, OF WATERTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE IIITGHCOCK LAMP COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHOWER-BATH APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 608,947, dated August 9, 1898. Application filed November 13, 1897. Serial No. 658,369. (No model.)

companying drawings, and to the letters of.

reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shower-bath apparatus, and especially to the provision of a perforated pipe made in such a shape as to allow of its being hooked about theneck or limb of a person, wherebyit may be easily and quickly adjusted in place and readily removed from the person, if desired, while the water is being brought to a suitable temperature for a shower bath.

More specifically the present invention relates to a shower-bath apparatus which will be an improvement upon the objectionable circular sprayers commonly in useand which consists of ahook-shaped perforated pipe which is of such a shape as to conform to the contour of the neck of a person adjacent to the shoulders, so that it may be held in place of its own weight, one end of the said pipe being closed, whileits other end may be connected to a hose-pipe, the series of perforations in the pipe being on the under curved portion thereof.

In the use of a shower-bath apparatus of.

the nature above referred to. it is necessary that the temperature of the water be adjusted while the tube is in its adjusted place about the neck or other part of the person, and, in case hot water is turned on first, to avoid the scalding of the person the peculiar shape of the present invention willallow of its being withdrawn from the neck of the person and not cause any inconvenience to the head of the person or burn the face, as would belikely to be the case if the pipe were made in the the head and its removal in the same manner.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the improved sprayer or shower-bath apparatus as applied to a person, the perforated tube being hooked about the neck of said person. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the tube.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the sprayer-tube, which is closed at one end, as at A, and is bent of the general shape shown in the drawings, so that it will fit over the shoulders of the wearer and about the neck, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In order the neck of the person using it, the two ends of the tube are turned downward, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to rest upon the front portion of the chest, whereby all necessity of holding the tube is entirely done away with. Asthe tube is bent so as to conform to the curvature of the body it sinksin position as soon as it is placed around the neck, and hence requires no adjusting; The ends of the tube are a sufficient distance apart so as to allow the tube to be hooked about the neck, which renders it easy to adjustin place and remove. About the under curved surface of the tube is a series of apertures a, and at the opposite end is formed the ribbed portion, over which a hose -pipe may be drawn.

By this improved form of shower-bath apparatus it will be noted that a lady may hook. the tube'about her neck while the water is turned on and still not wet her hair, which is impossible to do with the circular sprayerrings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A shower-bath apparatus consisting of a U-shaped tube A, havingjone of its prongs longer than the other and provided with means for attaching the hose thereto, and

shape of a ring,necessitating its going on over 7 to enable thet'dbe A to settle in position upon which is provided with a series of perfora- In testimony whereof I affix my signature tions on its under side, and which tube has in presence of two Witnesses.

its two ends curved downward so as to rest upon the chest of the person using it, and WILLIAM BAKER 5 whereby the tube is made to automatically Witnesses:

adjust itself in position, substantially as JNO. B. TAYLOR,

shown and described. I. J. MORRIS. 

